Random musings about Verve Stamps, mixed-media and the artistry found in everyday life.

WCMD Greetings

Saturday, October 6, 2012

Hi friends! Happy World Card Making Day! It's the official start to the holiday crafting season and we've combined our monthly Diva Inspirations Hop with a WCMD celebration hop!!! And what better way to celebrate than a few new Verve stamps? Yep, that's right we've got a mini release this morning with 5 new plain janes! Hooray!

My card for the hop uses the new Square Medallion plain jane and I've combined it with a sentiment and the small star (stamped in the center of the medallion) from the Snowflake Splendor set. The medallion is cut out with the Scalloped Flowers Die and matted on a Nestabilities Scallop Circle. A few fun scraps from my stash and some thin ribbon and sparkly rhinestones finish it off stylishly.

I think the layout is a perfect simple design for holiday cards, so I designed a little sketch for you. Play along for a chance to win our upcoming holiday release! You've got until the 25th of October to enter, so be sure to carve out a little time to play! In the meantime, hop on down the blog list and leave a little comment love for the Divas and you might just win some Verve of your very own... to the tune of a $50 gift certificate! The full hop list, the sketch challenge entry form, the plain jane reveal and all the prize details are over on theVerve Blog today! Happy hopping!

Your card is so elegant, and I love this sketch. I am only partially through the hop, and the sketch has already been saved to my inspiration file. Have been wanting to use more stamps to create my own backgrounds, and I love the new Plain Janes for that purpose. Happy card making!

Gorgeous! Love these papers. This new medallion is so pretty and I love how you used the Scalloped Flowers Die with it. The thin ribbon and bling are the perfect embellishments here.Thank you for your generousity in all the gift certificates you give.

Wonderful papers and the medallion image with the bling is wonderful as the focal point. Fabulous card as always :) Thanks for the great sketch and chance to win some Verve too - doing a happy dance :) Have a great weekend!

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I'm Julee Tilman, owner and Illustrator for Verve Stamps and founder of the Mojo Monday sketch challenge. I'm also Mama to five year old identical twin boys. To read a little bit more about me click here.

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This blog is for personal inspiration only and all projects are my original designs unless otherwise stated. I own Verve Stamps and have also received products and materials to work with from several generous companies over the years. While I have received free products from these companies, I maintain the freedom as an independent designer to say what I truly think of their products. I will never recommend something that I don’t personally use and enjoy. Some posts contain affiliate links to Amazon.com. If you buy products from Amazon by clicking my links, I get a small commission. This does not affect the price of the items your purchase.